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Am I a Candidate for Bariatric Surgery?

Bariatric Surgery is not a weight loss program for those individuals who are mildly overweight. It is designed to treat clinically severe obese individuals who are 100 pounds or more overweight and their health is at risk. A person’s body mass index or BMI is currently the best way to determine the degree of obesity as it takes into consideration both a person’s height and weight and applies to men and women.

If you don’t know what your BMI is, please take a minute to calculate your BMI through our BMI Calculator.

If your BMI is 40 or greater or if your BMI is more than 35 or higher with one or more of the following, you could physically be a candidate for bariatric surgery.

Diabetes

High blood pressure

Coronary artery disease

High levels of fats in the blood (hyperlipidemia)

Breathing difficulties during sleep (apnea and hypoventilation)

Osteoarthritis

Although you may qualify physically, bariatric surgery is only for well-informed, well-motivated individuals who:

Understand and accept operative risks.

Modify dietary habits.

Commit to long-term follow-up care.

Please attend our Free Bariatric Surgery Seminar to learn more about our surgical weight loss solutions and to help answer any questions you may have.